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brustle
▪ I. † ˈbrustle, v.1 Obs. Also 7 brussel. [Early ME. brustlien, parallel to bræstlien: see brastle. Probably onomatopœic: expressing a duller or more muffled sound than brastle. Cf. rustle, bustle.] 1. intr. To make a crackling or rustling noise.c 1205 Lay. 20143 Breken braden speren, Brustleden sce...
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bruslery
† bruslery Obs. [Cf. broilery; also brustle.] Disturbance.1546 St. Papers Hen. VIII, I. 886 This pryvate cace of Reneger hath made all this bruslery.
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Fair allocation of items and money
Brustle, Dippel, Narayan, Suzuki and Vetta improve the upper bounds on the required subsidy:
With additive valuations, a subsidy of at most V per agent
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brustling
▪ I. † ˈbrustling, vbl. n.1 Obs. [f. brustle v.1 + -ing1.] Rustling noise or movement.1600 Hakluyt Voyages (1810) III. 133 We fell into a great whirling and brustling of a tyde.▪ II. † ˈbrustling, vbl. n.2 Obs. [f. brustle v.2] Raising of the feathers; vapouring, blustering.1622 T. Stoughton Chr. Sa...
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brastle
brastle, v. (ˈbræs(ə)l) [OE. brastlian, ME. brastlien; cf. MHG. barsteln, Sw. prassla. But the modern (Scotch) use may be a recent onomatopœia. Cf. brattle, brustle.] † 1. intr. To crackle, clatter; to roar (as flames).c 1000 ælfric in Thorpe Hom. II. 508 (Bosw.) Ðæt treow brastliende sah to ðam hal...
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brusle
▪ I. † ˈbrusle, v. Obs. rare—1. [Origin uncertain: cf. brustle.] trans. ? To crack; to bruise a little.1624 Fletcher Wife for Month ii. vi. Two broken citizens. Break 'em more; they are but brusled yet!▪ II. brusle obs. and north. f. birsle, bristle.
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buskle
† ˈbuskle, v. Obs. Also 6 buskel, buskill, 7 buskell. [app. a frequentative of busk v.1; the senses correspond closely to senses of busk, and both verbs are in the early examples often accompanied by the ppl. adj. boun. See bustle v.] 1. trans. To ‘busk’, prepare, equip, attire. (Chiefly refl.)a 155...
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bristle
▪ I. bristle, n. (ˈbrɪs(ə)l) Forms: 3–5 brustel, 4 brestel, brostle, 4–5 bru-, bristil, brestle, 5 bru-, brystyl(le, burstyll, 6 brisle, bristel(l, 6–7 brissel, brissle, 6– bristle. [ME. brustel, brostle, corresp. to MDu. borstel (burstel), Du. borstel masc., LG. börssel fem.: a deriv. of the simple...
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redress
▪ I. redress, n. (rɪˈdrɛs) Also 4–7 redresse, 5–6 Sc. redres. [a. AF. redresse, -dresce (14th c.), f. redresser to redress.] 1. Reparation of, satisfaction or compensation for, a wrong sustained or the loss resulting from this.1375 Barbour Bruce xix. 198 The King send oft till ask redress, Bot nocht...
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